Bean-snipping machine



' D. LASH.

BEAN SHIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun use. 3. 1919.

1,358,002, I v I Patentd Nov. 9, 1920'.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

D. LASH.

BEAN SNIPFIN G MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 34,1919,

3 SHEETS-SHEET a,

arren DANA been; or wmsnows M tts, MAINE.

' vBEAN snirrrne MAC INE.

Specification of Letters l atent. y, Patented Ngv, 9,1920,

Application filed Beeeniber 3, 191.9. serial No. 342,185.

Mills, in the county of Lincoln and mtate of Maine, haveinvented certainnew and usetul Improvements in Bean-Shipping Machines; and 1 do herebydeclare the follow 1 ing to be a full, clear, and exact (lQSCI'IPtlOIlof the invention, such as will enable others skilled-in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention-relates to an improved bean snipping machine for shippingthe ends of beans and onec bj'ect of the invention is }to so constructthe machine that the beans may be fed into a rotating drum and first oneend. of a beanicut or snipped, oil'ahd the bean then- 'm'oved to bringits opposite end into position tor cuttingas the drum rotates; the beandropping out of the drain afterthe se'c ondend has been cut 01?.

Another object or" the invention is to so construct this machine thatthe drum may be provided with a centrally disposed pocket, in which thebeans will be loosely positioned thereby permitting one end portion of abean to be snipped oil at the inner periphery oi"- the drum and thesecondend to be snipped oil at the outer perii'iliery'ofthe drum.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this machine that theplateinay support the beansatthe proper position for cutting as the drumrotates to bring; the

beans into engagement with the cutting lUHVOS.

whi hwill be easyto operate and in which the drum may be rotated bydirect engage ment of adrivin rr belt or through engage nient by a gearcarried by-driven shaft.

This invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings wherein-Figure 1 is perspective view of the improved bean shipping machine,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, 7 Fig. 3 is a vert calsectional view throughthe machine,

v Fig. 4 isa fragmentary sectional view taken on the line of F1gy3,

shown in Fig; 6, this i-ramewillbe proinvention' is to pro videa'machine of the character desr 'bed Fig. 5 is aview in elevation showingthe means for adjustably mounting one of the cuttinglrnives, and v I nFig? is aview similar to Fig. 3 showing a-slight'lymodifiedconstruction. it

This machineis provided with a frame having foot bars frornwhich extendstandardsll connected by cross bars 12 13 and 1%. fiWith the exceptionof the form vided with supporting. bars 15 upon whic will be mounted thebearings 16 rotatably supporting the driving shaft 17 having at one enda friction gear 18 andat its outer end a pulley 19 about which a beltmaypass. A drum 20 is rigidly mounted upon a shattfilf which rests insockets formed in the cross bars 13 and is held in place by stripsQQgandf is held against longitudinal movement by the'abutnient collars28positionedupon opposite sides of one of the bars 13 It-desiredfsirnilarcollars maybe provided for the-opposite endfportionofthe shaft.) Thisdrum is provided with a central pocket 24 cut from one side face and is:turther provided with radially extending pockets 25L'Wlil6l1t2i1361inwardly from the T enter periphery of the drum thus providing thesloping; faces 26 and thereduced neck 27V Partitions 28 are provided in;the pockets 25 and divide the outer or flared end portions of thesepockets into side chain hers "and further serve to prevent the bean frommoving ontoi a substantially vertical.

position when the end portions of the beans are being cut as will behereinafter brought out. This drum is providedwith' an oifset shoulder29wliich maybe provided with a friction facing 30 for engagement by thefriction gear 18 thusperinitting the drum to be rotated by the shaft"17. In the form shown in Fig. 6 itis not necessary toprovidetl'iis'iriction facing 80 asthe driving belt will be placed about thisextension and this shonlder'will therefore constitute a pills li'andgear 18. f y p I In order to snip the ends of the bean and icy takingthe place of thep illey lQQshaft to thelength of the end portions to becut oil" there has been provided knives 31 and 32 which are secured tothe curved supportingbars 33 and'v-"ld. Gage plates 33 and 86 are alsocarried by the supporting bars 33 and'B l to, engage the end portions ofthe bean and siip'port the-bean in proper posi' tion for snipping thedesired lengthof end from'the bean. By proper adjustment, the gageplates and snipping knives may be held the desired distance apart thuspermitting a short or long cut to be made. i It will thus be seen thatthe bean will have one end cut at the inner periphery of thedrum and thesecond end out at the outer'periph cry of the drum, and; further, thatWhen the second end has been. cut from the bean,

the'cut bean. Will dropout of the drum and into suitable receptacle.Whichmay be placed in the frame beneath the drum. Of course if" desired,the machine may. be mounted above atable-up'on' which the cut beans/Willdrop. 1

In orderto prevent danger of the bean catching in the, outer endportions of "the pockets. and, not; passing down into the reduced; neckv27 therevhas been provided a brush 37, the ends. 38 of the shaft ofwhich 'are-journaled in bearings; 39- carried by the cross barss-ld.This shaft carries. a pulley heel 40 about which passes-a. driving belt41;, which also passes about a pulley 42 mounted uponthe shaft 17. Thebean might have a tendency to slip in'the pocket.

'25 instead; of sliding down the inclined faces?26thereoffand there hastherefore been provided a vertically extending shaft l3-having ahead/l4; mounted eccentrically upon its upper end and adapted tostrikethe shoulder 29- as, the shaft 43 rotates;

This shaft 43' is provided at its lower end with beveled gear-45 whichmeshes Withtlltb beveled geardti'of-a short shaft 4'1 the op- 10081158end of'fwhich carries a bevelec gear 48 Which mesheswith beveledgear 4C9carried by the shaft'l'i' The vibration caused by; the eccentric head 44striking the shoula den 29- vvill cause the bean to move through V thepocket into'the reduced endportion 271 and into engagement With the gageplate 35.

t hen this machine is in operation, the

the beans .Will be brought into engagement with. the butting knife andone end per} tionof each bean will be cut off; After the first end hasbeen cut off'the continued rotationof the drum will cause the beans toslide toward the .outer periphery of the drum andfwill be preventedfrommoving into thetapered side portions of the pockets by the plate 28.Uponreaching the outer periphery of thedrum the beans Will engage thegage plates 36. and; Willbc' held n th prop r s tie for cu tin h desired length of ends from each bean When the'beans are brought intoengagement with the cutting knifeSZ. After being cut by the knife 32 andpassingbeyond this knife they Will drop out of the pocket and 'Will falldowninto a receptacle'or on the table beneath the machine. The brush 3'?prevents any danger of the beans being caught and remaining at the outerends of the pocket and the eccentric shaker causes them to slide downthrough the pocket and into th reduced end of the pocket. A machine hastherefore been provided by means of which the end portions ofthe beansbeeasily and, quickly snipped off and thesnipped bean permitted to passout of th'e machine into a suitable receptacle. There has-fur: the-rbeen provided a'machine in which the length of the end portions, to be,cut off may 7 be controlled and thus; Waste, avoided.

WVhat is claimed is: n

l. A bean snipping machine including a frame, aj'druin mounted forrotationthere-- in and having a centrally locatedpocket leadin from oneside thereof and havin a b i v b radially disposed pocket leading fromthe central pocket to the periphery'of the drum,

said radially disposed pocketbeing pro'- vided with 'a side Wall Whichis. inclined-at an acute anglevvith relation tothe axis of the drum apartitionlocated in, the radially disposed pocket and positionedopposite the inclined Wall thereof and spaced therefrom,. a gage plateand atcutting knife carried'by said frame and extendingvinto thecentralpocket of thedrum and positioned in operative'relati'on to theinner endof the. radially'disposed pockets and a cut-- end: of the-radiallydisposed pocket,-

2A bean s ipping machine comprising a frame, a bean holdingdrumrotatably mounted in the frame and having a shoul: der extension forminga gear, bean cutting means positioned in operative relation. to

the drum. a driving shaft rotatablvmounh ed, a gear carried by thedriving shaft hav: ing engagement with the gear of-said drum, aretatablymounted shaft extending vertlcallyof the frame, a head mountedeccen-.

trically upon the vertical shaft for are; ing and drum as the verticalshaft rotates; means for transmitting rotary movement a from the drivingshaft to the vertical shaft,

a brush rotatably connected with said frame and extending-across thedrum in operative relation thereto, and means for transmitting rotarymovement from the drivingshaft tof the rotary brush.

3. A. beansmppmg mach ne comprising a frame, a rotatably mounted beancarrying dram-n carried by said frame cutting means earned by the framein operat ve relat on;

ting" knife and gage plate carried by the frame and extendingbeneath thedrum and posltioned'in operative relationto the outer to the drum, adriving shaft carried by said frame, means for transmitting rotarymovement from the driving shaft to the drum, an agitator for said drumcarried by said frame in operative relation thereto, and means fortransmitting movement from the driving shaft to the agitator.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence" of two Witnesses.

DANA LASH,

Witnesses: v

OTTO V. HAssNER, HENRY P. MASON.

